{"id":2055,"date":"2026-04-29T06:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:49:25","slug":"premier-league-team-of-the-week-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2055","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Team of the Week XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n      <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>We aren\u2019t far away from the end of the Premier League season. Competition is hotting up at both ends of the table, but who made it into our team of the week?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We saw some big wins for Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Liverpool \u2013 who were their best individual performers in gameweek 34?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GK: Matz Sels<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076390711\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest annihilated Sunderland on Friday night \u2013 nevertheless, despite their dominance, Matz Sels still needed to be vigilant to maintain his clean sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Making a number of excellent saves against the Black Cats, he ensured that Forest walked away from the Stadium of Light with a flawless victory.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RB: Pedro Porro<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076631728\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>Pedro Porro isn\u2019t known for hs defensive acumen, but he showed plenty of it in Tottenham\u2019s do-or-die crunch clash against Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs needed a win \u2013 Porro couldn\u2019t provide the winning goal, but he was on hand to put in a number of excellent tackles amid a strong defensive display. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CB: Harry Maguire<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076723338\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>While Harry Maguire didn\u2019t keep a clean sheet against Brentford, he can\u2019t be blamed for their late goal \u2013 furthermore, his aerial dominance provided a constant threat from set-pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The Bees are known for taking advantage of set plays, but Maguire was able to beat them at their own game. 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